- Find attached the updated list of candidates for the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election in compliance with the Order of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 13th November 2024.
- This publication supersedes previous publications on list of candidates by the Commission with respect to the election.
Next Election: Ondo State Governorship Elections-16th November 2024
2024 Off-Cycle Election Update
The Training Department of the Electoral Institute (TEI) conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) on Monday 28th October, 2024 at TEI Auditorium in preparation for the training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) and Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers (POs/APOs) ahead of ONDO State Governorship Election scheduled for 16th November, 2024.
The Chairman Board of Electoral Institute and National Commissioner, Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, in his opening remarks, highlighted the significance of the ToT as the first and essential step in the conduct of the approved cascade training plan in Ondo State.
He stated further that participants are to train the SPOs and coodinate the training of POs/APOs. He tasked trainers to ensure the mastery of the processes and procedures on election day activities. He thereafter thanked the participants made up of TEI and Headquarters Trainers for attending the program.
The Director General of the Electoral Institute Dr. Sa’ad Umar Idris, in his welcome remarks,
urged participants to imbibe the new initiatives especially the accreditation of voters using the BVAS, the scanning of the Polling Unit result and uploading it to the improved IReV portal all introduced by the Commission to guarantee free, fair, credible and inclusive elections. He opined that training is the foundation for bgood preparation in any electoral process and a guarantee to achieving successful election. The DG hinted that the performance of the Poll Officials at the recently conducted Edo State Governorship election was adjudged by various stakeholders to be outstanding and satisfactory and reiterated the need to raise the bar in Ondo Governorship Election. He further urged participants to ensure quality and effective step down of the ktraining so as to ensure optimum performance of the election personnel.
In attendance at the ToT are Director, Training, Director Research and Documentation, Director G &I and Acting Administrative Secretary of the Institute Mr. Tony Ezomo. Also present are Mr. Tunde Ajayi, who represented the Director ICT Dept. and Mr. Bolaji Oje from Electoral Operations.
Presentations were made on the INEC E-SCHOOL, INEC TRAINING BOT, BASIC ELECTION TECHNOLOGY EOSC, INCLUSIVITY, INEC – SANS and the INEC Training Reporting and Coordination Tools.
Hands-on-Practical on BVAS was also conducted by the ICT department.
